Broiler



O. WHYTE.

(No Model.)

BROILER.

Patented Oct. 2, 1883 WTNEEEEE UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

OLIVER WVHYTE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BROILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,864, dated OctoberS, 1883.

Application filed April 28, 1883. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OLIVE WHYTE, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk andState of Mas sachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Broilers,of which the following is a' full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification, in which T Figure l is a perspective view of a wirebroiler constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical section through the same.

The ordinary wire broiler in most general use is composed of two wireframes hinged together, each frame having a series of parallel bars orwires extending from one end to the other, and secured in place bybending their ends around the wires of the frame, which is corrugated toassist in maintaining the bars at their proper distance apart. A broilerso constructed is, however, objectionable, as it lacks strength anddurability, and is liable to soon become bent out of shape. In someother forms of wire broilers parallel bars have been held in place bywire of small diameter, twisted or whipped aroundthem at their junctionwith the bars of the frames; but this small wire soon becomes burned anddestroyed by the heat, when the bars will be no longer properly confinedin place, and thebroiler will soon become bent out of shape and renderedvalueless. 7

My invention has for its object to overcome all of these difficulties:and it consists in a wire broiler each half of which is composed of asingle piece of wire bent ina serpentine form, the several transverse orparallel portions being held firmly at suitable distances apart bystrong binding-wires interwoven with or alternately passing over andunder the transverse wires, in combination with a handle preferablyformed by extending or prolonging a portion of the bindingwires of eachhalf of the broiler, by which construction great strength anddurability, combined with simplicity and cheapness, are secured.

In the said drawings, A A represent the two halves or portions of thebroiler, which are connected by links b b, to enable them to be foldedtogether in the usual manner. Each portion A is composed of a singlepiece of wire, 0, bent in a serpentine or sinuous form, its extremitiesd (I being secured by bending them over the adjacent parallel portion ofthe wire, as seen in Fig. l. A series of parallel bars or portions arethus formed, which are stiffened and held firmly together at suitabledistances apart by strong binding-wires e f, which are interwoven withor pass alternately over and under them at two different portions oftheir length, as seen in Fig. 1. The binding-wires f f, which form thetwo ends of a single piece of looped or doubled wire, are bent at theirextreme ends over the outer bar, 5, of the portion A, as seen at g, thelooped or doubled portion being extended out to a suitable distance toform a handle, B. The other two binding-wires, e e, are each composed ofa single short piece, one end, 6, being fastened by bending it aroundthe bar 5 of the portion A, over the bent end of the wire f, and theother end, 7, being secul ed by bending it around over the wire f andthe bar 10 of the portion A, thereby also holding the wire f firmly tothe bar 10 at this point.

The two handles B B, one of which is made of a little less length thanthe other, are provided with the usual sliding loop, 0, whereby they areheld together when required to prevent the piece of meat or otherarticle held between the two portions of the broiler from falling outwhen the latter is turned.

A broiler constructed as above described possesses great strength anddurability, as it has no outside wire frame, and no series of separatestraight wires secured thereto at their opposite ends, as heretofore,and is consequently free from liability to become bent or twisted out ofshape under ordinary usage.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isr 1. A broiler having each of its halves or portions A composed of asingle piece of wire, 0, bent in a serpentine form, and having itstransverse or parallel portions or bars held firmly together at suitabledistances apart by binding-wires c f, interwoven with or passingalternately over and under the wires 0, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

2. Abroiler having each of its halves or portions A composed of a singlepiece of wire, Witness my hand this 9th day of April, A. IO 0, bent in aserpentine form, and. having its D.,1883. transverse or parallelportions orbars held firm- 1y together at suitable distances apart bybind- OLIVER XVHYTE. ing-wires e f, interwoven with or passing a1-ternately over and under the wires 0, in com- In presence ofbinationwith handles B, formed by the exte'n- P. E. TESCHEMACHER,

sion of thebinding-wires f, substantially as and V. J. GA MBRIDGE.

for the purpose set forth.

